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@STRING{IEEETransComms = "IEEE Trans. Commun."} %IEEE Transactions on Communications
@STRING{IEEETransIT = "IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory"} %IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
@STRING{TON = "IEEE/ACM Trans. Networking"} %IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
@STRING{IEEECL = "IEEE Commun. Lett."} %IEEE Communications Letters
@STRING{IEEETIT = "IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory"} %IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
@STRING{OR = "Oper. Res."} %Operations Research
@STRING{AOR = "Ann. Oper. Res."} %Annals of Operations Research
@STRING{ORL = "Oper. Res. Lett."} %Operations Research Letters
@STRING{MOR = "Math. Oper. Res."} %Mathematics of Operations Research
@STRING{JAP = "J. Appl. Probab."} %Journal of Applied Probability
@STRING{AAP = "Adv. in Appl. Probab."} %Advances in Applied Probability
@STRING{TAAP = "Ann. Appl. Probab."} %The Annals of Applied Probability
@STRING{MPCPS = "Math. Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc."} %Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
@STRING{IEEECM = "IEEE Commun. Mag."}   %IEEE Communications Magazine
@STRING{QS = "Queueing Syst."}   %Queueing Systems - Theory and Applications
@STRING{CCR = "ACM Sigcomm Comput. Commun. Rev."} %ACM Sigcomm Computer Communications Review
@STRING{ETransT = "Eur. Trans. Telecommun."} %European Transactions on Telecommunications
@STRING{EL = "Electron. Lett"} %Electronics Letters
@STRING{IEEEJQE = "IEEE J. Quantum Electron."} %IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
@STRING{IJCS ="Int. J. Commun. Syst."} %International Journal of Communication Systems
@STRING{CC = "Comput. Commun."} %Computer Communications


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@STRING{IEICETransC = "IEICE Trans. Commun."} %IEICE Transactions on Communications
@STRING{APL = "Appl. Phys. Lett."} %Applied physics letters
@STRING{PC = "Parallel Comput."} %Parallel Computing
@STRING{IEEETransMC = "IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput."} %IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
@STRING{IJCTA = "Int. J. Circuit Theory Appl."} %International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications
@STRING{IEEETransNN = "IEEE Trans. Neural Networks"} %IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
@STRING{IEEEPTL = "IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett."} %IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
@STRING{PEIS = "Probab. Eng. Inf. Sci."} %Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences
@STRING{IEEETransWC = "IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun."} %IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
@STRING{OL= "Opt. Lett."} %Optics Letters
@STRING{IEEETransSP = "IEEE Trans. Signal Process."} %IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
@STRING{JOCN = "IEEE/OSA J. Opt. Commun. Networking"} %IEEE/OSA Journal on Optical Communications and Networking
@STRING{AT = "Ann. Telecommun."} %Annals of Telecommunications
@STRING{IEEECST = "IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials"} %IEEE Communication Surveys and Tutorials
@STRING{JON ="J. Opt. Networking"} %Journal of Optical Networking
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@STRING{IEEE/OSAJLT = "IEEE/OSA J. Lightwave Technol."} %IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology
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